Meta smart glasses or any camera, the problem is not in what you are using, the problem is how easy it is to dig out the information about people in real-time.
In the UK, speed cameras are painted bright yellow.
These are Raybans - designed for social dynamics - with the addition of a concealed camera.
Both are “any camera” that can dig out realtime information about people. Not this comment per se, but the lack of critical thinking in comments here on topics like this is frightening. Especially given this is where you’d hope to find the discussion, and likely contains many people steering this technology and change. And to be honest, my critical thinking ain’t that sharp but I can see something interesting beyond its any camera.
the lack of critical thinking in comments here on topics like this is
frightening. Especially given this is where you’d hope to find the discussion
...but not by much. The difference here is that spying with glasses is passive, whereas spying with other devices requires the spy to take some kind of action.
If some stranger wants to identify me using their smart phone, or other portable camera, they need (1) to care enough about me to bother (2) to physically hold up their device (which draws attention, and is socially unacceptable).
But smart glasses, CCTV, and other passive spy devices are much worse: the subjects being spied upon can be spied upon en masse, and get fewer opportunities even to notice they are on camera.